Combined shovel and brush.



CL CRISMAN.

COMBINED SHOVEL AND BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR:29, I9l5.

L13fi52m Patented June 22, 1915. I

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CALEB CRISMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED SHOVEL AND BRUSH.

Application filed March 29, 1915.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CALEB CRIsMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Shovels and Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for sweeping streets and removing the sweepings obtained thereby.

The objects of the invention are to obtain a device which may be used for sweeping the street, and for removing the sweepings which are made into a pile at convenient intervals by shoveling the same into a cart, basket, wagon, or other receptacle, without requiring the operator to use more than one implement.

A further object is to obtain a device of the kind named which will not be noticeably heavier than when more than one device is used.

A further object is to obtain a device which will not obstruct the view of the operator when it is used for the purpose of sweeping, or of shoveling, which is easily operated, not liable to get out of order or break, and of resentable appearance.

A further object is to obtain a combined shovel and brush which is easily taken down and a worn element of the device readily removed and a new like element substituted therefor.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the brush and a portion of the handle of the device. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the shovel of the device. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the attachment by means of which the brush and shovel are joined. And Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the operating handle of the shovel of the device.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates said part throughout the several figures of the drawing wherever the same appears.

A designates the representation of a brush, or broom, comprising back a and bristles, (or a substitute therefor), a a a handle removably attached to back a and C a shovel removably mounted on the brush A, in a manner about to be described.

B designates a base which is attached to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Serial No. 17,756.

the back a by means of screws or nails 5 which extend through the holes 12 (see Fig. 4:), and into said back a.

b are bearings on base B.

As shovel C is not designed to carry or lift heavy loads, (usually street sweepings) I construct it of sheet metal, turned over at the upper edges of sides C and back G on to the wire D and doubled over on to the main or body part thereof in front, as at C Back C is cut away to form the recesses E, E, at the upper edges thereof, and said recesses are bridged by the wire D. By this cutting away of the back of the shovel said part of wire D which bridges recesses E may enter and be supported in the bearings 6 which form a journal around which the shovel may be turned. It will be observed that bearings 19 extend downward along back C to form a support or rest which maintains the bottom of the shovel in a substantially horizontal plane when bristles a are vertical.

F is a rod which extends through the sides C of shovel C, and f are nuts securing said rod in place.

G is a rod comprising parts g, 9 joined together by pivot 9 The lower end of part 9 of said rod is turned or bent over, at 9 adapting it to engage with the rod F.

H is a handle on the upper end of rod G.

The handle a is provided with a roove or recess, the bottom of which is in icated by broken lines I, in Fig. 1, in which groove tlgri. rod Gr lies and is longitudinally mova e.

J, J are bands on handle a and over rod Gr.

When the device is to be used as a shovel the handle H is forced into the position illustrated by full lines in Fig. 1, and thereby the shovel is brought into the position which is also illustrated in said figure. When the device is to be used as a brush or broom the handle H is drawn into the position which is indicated by broken lines in said figure; and thereby the shovel is turned in bearings 6 (on wire D) into substantially the position which is indicated by broken lines.

If brush A becomes worn or broken the wire D is removed from bearings b and base B is removed from back a, (by removing screws or nails 6) the handle a is removed from said back and another brush is substituted for said worn or broken one. If

the shovel be Worn or injured before the brush needs to be replaced, it is disengaged from bearings Z2 and another one substituted therefor.

I claim 1. In a combined shovel and brush, a brush provided With a back, a base attached to said back, bearings on said base, a handle removably attached to said back, and a rod, comprising parts pivotally attached together, longitudinally movable on said handle, in combination Witha shovel pivotally mounted in said bearings, and an attachment between said shovel and said longitudinally movable rod.

2. In a combined shovel and brush, a

brush provided with a back, a base attached to said back, bearings on said base, a handle removably attached to said back, and a two part rod longitudinally movable on said handle, the parts of said rod pivotally joined, in combination with a shovel comprising a back having recesses therein and a rod bridging said recesses, said rod and recesses adapted to engage with said bearings, and a rod extending from one to the other side of said shovel, said last mentioned rod adapted to be attached to said two-part rod.

CALEB CRISMAN. In the presence of EDWARD G. JAOKER, CHARLES TURNER BROWN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G." 

